Key result
Scoping review maps evidence linking social determinants of health to sudden cardiac death in athletes.
Why the study?
The relationship between social determinants of health and cardiovascular risk, events, and sudden cardiac death in athletes has not been comprehensively mapped or characterized.
This scoping review aims to map the existing evidence regarding the relationship between social determinants of health and cardiovascular outcomes, including sudden cardiac death, in athletes to inform public health strategies.
May inform SDOH-informed risk assessment in athletes; leaves open prospective studies before practice change.
This scoping review maps and characterizes the available evidence on the relationship between social determinants of health and cardiovascular risk, cardiovascular events, sudden cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac death, and post-event outcomes among athletes. Using the Joanna Briggs Institute methodological guidance for scoping reviews and the PRISMA-ScR reporting framework, the review examines the social, socioeconomic, environmental, institutional, and structural factors investigated across different athletic populations and sporting contexts. It also characterizes how these determinants have been defined and measured, summarizes the reported relationships with outcomes along the risk–event–death continuum, and identifies evidence gaps to inform future research and public health strategies.
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Juan Camilo Murillo Coca (2026) conducted a review in Cardiovascular risk, sudden cardiac arrest, and sudden cardiac death. Social determinants of health was evaluated on Relationship between social determinants of health and cardiovascular outcomes along the risk-event-death continuum. This scoping review mapped the available evidence on the relationship between social determinants of health and sudden cardiac death risk in athletes to identify key gaps for future research.
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